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In this file photo, two women track the movement of share prices on the Kuwaiti stock exchange. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Chambers Council launches awards for female entrepreneurs

by Eman Al-Khattaf | Aug 14, 2014 | Business

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Council of Saudi Chambers, one of the Kingdom’s leading business bodies, has launched a series of awards for businesswomen. Kholoud Al-Tamimi, the director of the National Women’s Committee at the Saudi Council of Chambers, told...

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Trucks from a Russian humanitarian convoy arrive outside the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov region, some 19 miles (30km) from the Russian-Ukrainian border, Russia, on August 14, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / ANDREY KRONBERG)

Game of chicken with Russian aid convoy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 14, 2014 | World

Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russia, AP—In a diplomatic game of chicken, a large Russian aid convoy rolled toward the Ukrainian border on Thursday—but it was heading toward a crossing controlled by pro-Russian rebels instead of a government post as Ukraine had demanded....

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Saudi National Guard Minister Prince Miteb Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz salutes a National Guard soldier as he arrives at the border town of Rafha in the Northern Borders Province in Saudi Arabia, on August 13, 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Abdullah Al Muhsin)

Saudi National Guard Minister: All Saudis must resist extremism

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Aug 14, 2014 | Interviews

Rafha (Northern Borders Province), Asharq Al-Awsat—With the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq and the continued predations of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, Saudi Arabia faces instability to its north and south, refocusing attention on the security of the...

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Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah speaks during a press conference following the first cabinet meeting of the new Palestinian unity government in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 3, 2014. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

We are seeking ICC probe into Israeli war crimes: Palestinian PM

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Aug 14, 2014 | Middle East

Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Palestinian government has begun the process of documenting the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in a bid to push for an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe into potential war crimes committed by the Israeli government,...

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A Palestinian man sits amid rubble of a destroyed building in Beit Hanun, northern Gaza Strip, on August 14, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDT)

Palestinians and Israelis agree five-day truce

by Kifah Ziboun | Aug 14, 2014 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The head of the Palestinian delegation in Cairo, Azzam Al-Ahmad, announced the beginning of a five-day truce between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday evening, after indirect talks between the two sides in the Egyptian capital. However, the...